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Football bosses in final stage of picking CAN 2025 host nation

CAF is due to decide next month on which country will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, with Morocco seen as favourite. The confederation is also expected to decide on the host country for the 2027 and 2029 editions. [...]

Published on 10.01.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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